It was a slooooooooow Sunday on network TV. CBS: BIG BROTHER claimed the highest number of the night on any network, but its 1.8 was down a discouraging 0.7 from last week. UNFORGETTABLE hit a new low 1.0, down 0.1. NBC: On its last Sunday before the return of regular-season football, the network could […]
After the excitement of the past two days, with the arrivals of The Blacklist and Agents of SHIELD, last night’s numbers were on the dull side. ABC: Even though ABC won the night, there was no good news in the line-up. THE MIDDLE began its season at 2.4, down 0.5 from last fall. The […]
Whatever Undercover Boss did last night, it should do that again. CBS: On a mostly quiet network night, UNDERCOVER BOSS zoomed by half a ratings point to 1.8–not quite the biggest show of the evening, but close. The rest of the line-up didn’t fare as well, as both HAWAII 5-0 and BLUE BLOODS slipped […]
The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday November 9 and Sunday November 10, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.) College Football Week 11: Top National Games on Saturday 6.9 rating 8:00 CBS #13-LSU at #1-Alabama […]
NETWORK FINALS: ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 0.4, and FOX’s game to 0.3. Elsewhere, THE STORY OF SANTA CLAUS and the primetime SNL rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Sports reigned over Saturday cable. On ESPN, […]
AFTERNOON UPDATE: MODERN FAMILY and ARROW both rose 0.1 in final numbers, particularly good news for ARROW, now at 1.2. Their respective teammates, however, fell by the same amount, as both SUPER FUN NIGHT and THE TOMORROW PEOPLE slipped 0.1. WEDNESDAY CABLE: Frank Darabont won’t be duplicating his THE WALKING DEAD success with MOB […]
AFTERNOON UPDATE: There were no meaningful changes from the morning’s overnight numbers. As often happens, when the dust settled on CBS, THE BIG BANG THEORY rose 0.1 to 5.4 and THE MILLERS slipped 0.1 to 2.8. In addition, 2 1/2 MEN added 0.1 for 2.2. Both half-hours of COMMUNITY ended up at 1.3s. The […]
DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on […]